? how is the wait for window change supposed to work?

[philkryder]

I have a window.

I have captured a portion of it.

But,
WAIT FOR WINDOW CHANGE command seems to always wait until the timer expires.

I captured a picture of the word "done" which appears at the bottom of the screen when it is fully painted.

Yet,
the WAIT FOR WINDOW CHANGE still waits the entire time.

how can I get AA to recognize that the window has changed?

[forumstaff]

Hello Phil,

The "Wait for window change" waits till the "window title" of the changed window appears and there is a facility to enter the time in the timer field till which the "Wait for window change" command searches for the window.

So, the "Wait for window change" will wait for whatever turns up first, the window change or the time to exit in the timer field.

The timer is basically a "wait for" time, till which the command waits for the window change. You will have to set the timer accordingly.

If the window has already changed but the command still waits till the expiry time, then it is probably not able to understand the window change.

In this case, try to use wild card if possible in the "select window" field of "Wait for window change" command.

Thanks & Regards

[philkryder]

Originally Posted by forumstaff

Hello Phil,

The "Wait for window change" waits till the "window title" of the changed window appears and there is a facility to enter the time in the timer field till which the "Wait for window change" command searches for the window.

So, the "Wait for window change" will wait for whatever turns up first, the window change or the time to exit in the timer field.

The timer is basically a "wait for" time, till which the command waits for the window change. You will have to set the timer accordingly.

If the window has already changed but the command still waits till the expiry time, then it is probably not able to understand the window change.

In this case, try to use wild card if possible in the "select window" field of "Wait for window change" command.

Thanks & Regards

I've been using wild cards.

I need to be able to RELIABLY determine when a new window is FULLY in place and ready for keystrokes.

What is the best way to do that?

[forumstaff]

Hello Phil,

According to your requirement, the best option is to use a loop with Image Recognition condition.

For example:

1 Loop While Image from "Automation Anywhere Premier - The Leader in Automation Software. Business process automation an - Windows Internet Explorer" Exists in "Automation Anywhere Premier - The Leader in Automation Software. Business process automation an - Windows Internet Explorer" with 70 percentage match
2 Delay: (500 ms)
3 End Loop

This will search for the button (in your case the "done" button) until it appears. We have used a delay which you can set according to your requirement.

Thanks & Regards

[trentonponder]

Or do

clear clipboard
Loop while `some text` does not exist in clipboard
keystroke CTRL A in currently active window
delay 500ms
keystroke CTRL C
End Loop

[philkryder]

wow - that CTL+a ; CTL+C
is a BIG HAMMER.

the screen flashes BLUE etc....

I was trying to make something that people could easily and reliably navigate to a window and PASTE data.

This seems like a cure worse than the disease.

[trentonponder]

Originally Posted by philkryder

wow - that CTL+a ; CTL+C
is a BIG HAMMER.

the screen flashes BLUE etc....

I was trying to make something that people could easily and reliably navigate to a window and PASTE data.

This seems like a cure worse than the disease.

The question is whether it works - a little blue never killed anyone. I use this method frequently but never when a user is on that machine. It works great.

Again, I don`t know your setup but I`m not sure why you need to automate the process of cut & paste.

[philkryder]

Originally Posted by trentonponder

The question is whether it works - a little blue never killed anyone. I use this method frequently but never when a user is on that machine. It works great.

Again, I don`t know your setup but I`m not sure why you need to automate the process of cut & paste.

there is also navigation
and I also scrape some fields and put them into the paste text...

when people can just cut-n-paste they seem to become too creative.

[philkryder]

well - yes, I've learned to love the bomb - as Dr. Strangelove would say.

I'm moving away from AA
and try plain old "send keys"

it may not do much,
but,
it doesn't have these weird surprises I get with AA.